Peer influence in a micro-perspective: Imitation of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages

Larsen, Helle; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Souren, Pierre M.; Granic, Isabela; Overbeek, Geertjan

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.08.002

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“…Modulation of motor mimicry by imposing self-focus may also be of importance in changing automatic motor mimicry effects in natural settings and everyday situations. This may have implications for changing undesired or detrimental automatic imitative behavior, such as aggressive behavior, that may occur after exposure to community or media violence (Guerra, Huesmann, & Spindler, 2003;Huesmann, Eron, Klein, Brice, & Fischer, 1983), or unwanted imitation of alcohol consumption in social situations (Larsen, Engels, Souren, Granic, & Overbeek, 2010). Enhanced focus to one's own goals and intentions and a belief in one's own capacity to freely choose actions (Baumeister, Masicampo, & Dewall, 2009) might help to counteract non-reflected and socially inadequate imitation-driven behavior.…”

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confidence: 98%

Minimizing motor mimicry by myself: Self-focus enhances online action-control mechanisms during motor contagion

Spengler

Braß

Kühn

et al. 2010

Consciousness and Cognition

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Minimizing motor mimicry by myself: Self-focus enhances online action-control mechanisms during motor contagion

Spengler

Braß

Kühn

et al. 2010

Consciousness and Cognition

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“…Previous studies have examined if participants are more likely to eat a food item in the 5 or 15 seconds after a dining partner has placed food in their mouth (known as a 'sensitive period'), compared to the other periods of the meal when a partner has not recently placed food into their mouth (known as a 'non-sensitive period') (Bevelander et al, 2013;Hermans et al, 2012;Larsen et al, 2010). In the present study we examined three sensitive time frame cut-off points (+2, +5, +15 seconds), because we reasoned that mimicry may also occur in a shorter time frame (i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…taking a bite of food. Mimicry has been suggested to occur for a number of behaviours (Bernieri, 1988;Larsen, Engels, Souren, Overbeek, & Granic, 2010;Neumann & Strack, 2000) and more recently the role of behavioural mimicry in social eating contexts has been examined. Hermans et al (2012) found that when two female adults ate the same meal together, participants were more likely to pick up and eat the food if their eating partner had done so in the preceeding five seconds.…”

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Examining evidence for behavioural mimicry of parental eating by adolescent females. An observational study

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This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Behavioural mimicry is a potential mechanism explaining why adolescents appear to be 31 influenced by their parents' eating behaviour. In the current study we examined whether there 32 is evidence that adolescent females mimic their parents when eating. Videos of thirty-eight 33 parent and female adolescent dyads eating a lunchtime meal together were examined. We

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“…In this procedure, subjects exposed to a same-sex, heavy-drinking confederate drank more alcoholic beverages than those exposed to a light or non-drinking partner (Larsen et al, 2009). Later studies revealed that these effects are consistent across a variety of social manipulations and environments (Larsen et al, 2010, 2012, 2013). Notably, the effects of social contact on alcohol use are not dependent on explicit awareness of social influence.…”

Section: Influence Of Peer Presence Peer Behavior and Peer Imitamentioning

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Animal models of social contact and drug self-administration

Strickland

Smith

2015

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

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Social learning theories of drug abuse propose that individuals imitate drug use behaviors modeled by social peers, and that these behaviors are selectively reinforced and/or punished depending on group norms. Historically, animal models of social influence have focused on distal factors (i.e., those factors outside the drug-taking context) in drug self-administration studies. Recently, several investigators have developed novel models, or significantly modified existing models, to examine the role of proximal factors (i.e., those factors that are immediately present at the time of drug taking) on measures of drug self-administration. Studies using these newer models have revealed several important conclusions regarding the effects of social learning on drug abuse: 1) the presence of a social partner influences drug self-administration, 2) the behavior of a social partner determines whether social contact will increase or decrease drug intake, and 3) social partners can model and imitate specific patterns of drug self-administration. These findings are congruent with those obtained in the human laboratory, providing support for the cross-species generality and validity of these preclinical models. This mini-review describes in detail some of the preclinical animal models used to study social contact and drug self-administration to guide future research on social learning and drug abuse.

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Peer influence in a micro-perspective: Imitation of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages

Cited by 68 publications

References 13 publications

Minimizing motor mimicry by myself: Self-focus enhances online action-control mechanisms during motor contagion

Minimizing motor mimicry by myself: Self-focus enhances online action-control mechanisms during motor contagion

Examining evidence for behavioural mimicry of parental eating by adolescent females. An observational study

Animal models of social contact and drug self-administration

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